idk, there seem to be quite a lot of players that are UFAs that are tradable, even for rentals. Eventually the dominoes will drop, but especially in the West not many teams are totally out. And once the big names are either traded or re-signed the market prices will be set. It is pretty quiet out there, though.

As far as the Stars, can't call it. I could see Nill pulling off a big trade or just a little something to add scoring.

Just looked at the standings, and there are about 8 definite sellers, and one more (Philly) that should be but is hot right now so they might get enough false hope to try and become a buyer. So 9 sellers and 21 buyers.

Though some of those Wild Card teams might get cold over the next two weeks and drop out.

DBD did an article on Simmonds. Their take? He scores at the rate Spezza does, but with more ice time and 1st unit PP time and he sucks in the playoffs and would cost too much. Basically we'd be trading valuable assets for 2-3 power play goals.

ToddM wrote:DBD did an article on Simmonds. Their take? He scores at the rate Spezza does, but with more ice time and 1st unit PP time and he sucks in the playoffs and would cost too much. Basically we'd be trading valuable assets for 2-3 power play goals.

His points come more in the form of goals than assists, but either way, that level of production is still an upgrade over ... like ten forwards on this roster.

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ScubaSteve wrote:We should start stocking up on “wait, that guy’s still in the league?” like Nyquist if we truly want to complete our transition into the western conference Florida Panthers.

We could just hang on to the "that's a hockey player?" guys we have now.

"I think it's very nice what the Stars are doing by letting him play, but #43 has to be the tallest make a wish kid I've ever seen."

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It’s been a few years since the Stars made a big acquisition at the trade deadline. If you don’t count Kris Russell—and, I mean, you probably shouldn’t—it’s been a few more.

The Stars stood pat last year, choosing not to risk their young assets like Jason Dickinson and a first-round draft pick (particularly with the draft in Dallas last summer) on a rental. They ended up missing the playoffs by a couple points, and I leave it to you to decide whether that ended up being the right choice or not.

The year before that saw a Dan Hamhuis trade fizzle into the Russell acquisition, and 2014-15 saw Jhonas Enroth fail to save the day the year after another goalie deal at the 2013-14 deadline in the form of Tim Thomas.

It could be argued that the team hasn’t really traded for a top-half-of-the-lineup player at the deadline since the Brad Richards deal in 2008, which worked out pretty nicely.